drive

drive

1. To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward: drove the horses into the corral.

2. To repulse or put to flight by force or influence: drove the attackers away; drove out any thought of failure.

3. To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).

4.

a. To convey or transport in a vehicle: drove the children to school.

b. To traverse in a vehicle: drive the freeways to work.

5.

a. To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function: Steam drives the engine.

b. To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power: "The current merger mania is apparently driven by an urge ... to reduce risk or to exploit opportunities in a very rapidly changing business environment"(Peter Passell).

6. To compel or force to work, often excessively: "Every serious dancer is driven by notions of perfection—perfect expressiveness, perfect technique"(Susan Sontag).

7. To force into or from a particular act or state: Indecision drives me crazy.

8. To force to go through or penetrate: drove the stake into the ground.

9. To create or produce by penetrating forcibly: The nail drove a hole in the tire.

10. To carry through vigorously to a conclusion: drove home his point; drive a hard bargain.

drive - a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"

fusee, fusee drive - a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

3.

drive - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

RAM disk - (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors; "access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off"

driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"

3.

drive - cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"

drive - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"

drive in, screw - cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"

5.

drive - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"

ram, drive, force - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"

drive - compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"

coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

6.

drive - cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

drive - operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"

13.

drive - work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"

drive - operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

14.

drive - move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

drive - operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

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